Background. The generally accepted method of treating comminuted fractures of the radial head is endoprosthetics. At the present stage, various designs of prostheses are used, in the production of which statistically averaged morphometric parameters are used, without taking into account the constitutional anthropometric features of patients. Aim of the study - to compare the morphometric parameters of the human radius obtained using computed tomography and computer modeling. Methods. The study material was a database of DICOM-format computer tomograms of the right and left elbow joints of 137 people (66 male, 71 female), whose age ranged from 40 to 70 years, without signs of musculoskeletal pathology. Computer tomograms were analyzed using the RadiAnt DICOM Viewer program. Computer modeling was carried out using the ITK-SNAP program (GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)) (open-source software), with further processing of the computer model using the developed software method. Results. When comparing the numerical values obtained from patients' CT scans with similar indicators from a computer model created using the new software product, the parameters turned out to be virtually identical. Conclusion. The presented software product for the “automated determination of morphometric parameters of bone” will in the future allow modeling of a radial head prosthesis based on computer tomogram data, taking into account the individual structural features of the patient’s radial bone.
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